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Update browserBy Beryl Onjala (Gamos East Africa), Dr Jon Leary (Gamos East Africa), Dr Faith Wandera (MoEP), Philomena Mitalo (CCAK), Syprose Ochieng (Gamos East Africa) This…
Read the full article, Kenya Clean Cooking Week Blog Series: Day 1- Open Coordination Committee MeetingBy Richard Sieff (MECS) and Biraj Gautam (PEEDA) Introduction: why narratives matterStories and narratives can have a major impact on how new technologies and services…
Read the full article, How to increase eCooking uptake in Nepal: why stories and narratives matterBy Dr Simon Batchelor (Gamos Ltd.; Loughborough University) The Global Cooksafe Coalition (GCC) exists to promote universal access to safe and sustainable cooking by 2030…
Read the full article, 'Leveraging Electric Cooking Globally'By Dr Simon Batchelor (Gamos Ltd.; Loughborough University). (With contributions from Prof Matthew Leach) Will the advent of eBikes in Africa and South Asia strengthen…
Read the full article, “eMobility - threat or support to eCooking?”By Dr Nigel Scott (Gamos Ltd.; Loughborough University) How do you show that cooking with electricity is cost-effective? One of the approaches adopted by the…
Read the full article, Controlled cooking tests and everyday cookingBy Dr Yesmeen Khalifa (Loughborough University, UK), Dr Philip Catney and Dr Sharon George (Keele University, UK) While our proposal for the development of Integrated…
Read the full article, Integrated Decentralized Plants (InDPs) and clean cooking transition, challenges and opportunities for low- and middle-income countriesBy Dr Mamta Tripathi (Loughborough University, UK) and Dr Simon Batchelor (Gamos Ltd.; Loughborough University) This blog argues that electric cooking (eCooking) for either business…
Read the full article, Can electric cooking be considered a ‘productive use’ for microfinance?By Prof. Ed Brown (Loughborough University, UK) Even with a very small delegation, MECS and our partners had a strong presence at COP27 and we…
Read the full article, Critical climate solutions: COP27 and the global electric cooking agendaBy Syprose Ochieng1, Beryl Onjala1, Christina Kiwiri2, Jon Leary1, Stewart Craine3 Gamos East AfricaKenya Power and Lightening CompanyVillage Infrastructure Angels In this blog, we aim…
Read the full article, Solar eCooking: a transformative new opportunity for off-grid householdsBy Anna Clements, Link Researcher – Tanzania. Gamos, MECS. Long-standing MECS partner TaTEDO, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and MECS have released a briefing note series…
Read the full article, Towards a Thriving Market in Tanzania: Publication of Briefing Note Series by TaTEDO and MECSBy Dr. Joni Cook (Loughborough University, UK). The Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS) programme, funded by UK aid (FCDO), has a strong presence at COP27…
Read the full article, Critical climate solutions and COP27: MECS urges world leaders to take up twin opportunities of incorporating cooking with electricity into integrated energy planning to reap multiple co-benefits for people and planetBy Dr. Simon Batchelor (Gamos Ltd.; Loughborough University). Picture – Snapshot of one element of ATEC Real-time carbon credit generation through Gold Standard Imagine being…
Read the full article, ATEC & MECS to pilot digitised ‘cook to earn’